6:3 Judging Angels
Believers Are to Judge
Angels. Ambrosiaster:
Angels are to be judged by us in the same way as the world is to be judged. Commentary
on Paul’s Epistles.
Whether Demons Will Be
Judged. Chrysostom: Some
people say that Paul was thinking of corrupt priests when he said this, but
that cannot be right. He is really talking about the demons. Homilies on the
Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians 16.5.
False Teachers to Be Judged. Severian of Gabala: Paul is not talking
here about real angels but about the priests and teachers of the people who
will be judged by the saints because of their false teaching about Christ. Pauline
Commentary from the Greek Church.
Are These Demons Who Were
Once Angels? Theodoret of
Cyr: By “angels” here, Paul means demons who once were angels. Commentary on
the First Epistle to the Corinthians 195.
Participating with Christ in
Judgment. Cassiodorus:
Who can conceive of such a miracle? Who can mentally grasp such great glory?…
All participate with Christ in judgment who do not oppose his commands, for
with the devoted they too will share in his decisions. Explanation of the
Psalms. (1-2 Corinthians, ed. Gerald Lewis Bray [Ancient
Christian Commentary on Scripture; Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press,
1999], 51)
